A Senatorial aspirant for Edo South on the platform of the NDC, Ehiozuwa Agbonayinwa has identified the issue facing the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC.
Agbonayinwa has been outspoken about his purported exclusion from getting the party’s ticket for the senatorial district, which he said he won after the NDC primary elections held on May 29.
The ex-House of Representatives member is one of the disgruntled members of the party that are not happy with the way the party’s leadership has handled the candidate selection process.
Reports said the NDC has not yet published the results of the primary elections for the Senate, House of Representatives, state governors and state legislatures.
Agbonayinwa said on Arise News on Friday that the biggest problem in the NDC is that the party’s National Leader, Senator Seriake Dickson, is forcing his will on everyone.
“I think what is wrong is that one man cannot determine for the whole NDC. You have your national leader, you have your national chairman, a senator of reput, a wonderful guy, a great guy. I admire him.
“You have the secretary, Barrister Ikenna, good people. You have the national public secretary, they are great men but at the same time we have the National Organising Secretary, wonderful people working day and night, but you guess what? One man cannot decide for the future of members of NDC.
“So to me, I cannot be going to the leader’s house every day waiting from morning till night. This isn’t democracy, for God’s sake. This is not democratic.
“Democracy is of the people, by the people. You have to let the people decide their faith, I won the senatorial seat. No two ways about that.
“Why didn’t they announce the result for God’s sake? Primary was May 29th, this is June 5th. What are they hiding?”
“He said they are featuring one lady, that the lady is going to give affirmation, that they need a woman to be among the senator.
You don’t do that. We went to the primaries and those who won should be given a chance. “I won, I deserve a shot.”
